{"id":167530,"date":"2026-02-17T02:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/167530\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T02:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:20:07","slug":"mavericks-face-no-7-tcu-at-globe-life-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/167530\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Face No. 7 TCU at Globe Life Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ARLINGTON, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington Mavericks will take on the No. 7 ranked TCU Horned Frogs in a neutral-site matchup on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. in a standalone non-conference contest.<\/p>\n<p>UTA has held its own in recent meetings, going 3\u20133 over the last six matchups against the Horned Frogs. The Mavericks will look to create early momentum against a nationally ranked opponent as identified by D1Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUT Arlington continues a schedule featuring multiple nationally ranked opponents early in the 2026 season, providing opportunities to measure progress against high-level competition.&#13;<br \/>\n\tRedshirt junior catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/zach-mazoch\/14706\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14706\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Mazoch<\/a> leads the Mavericks at the plate with a .417 batting average through three games. The Louisiana Tech transfer has collected five hits including a home run while driving in three runs and pacing UTA with eight total bases.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xavier-melendez\/14685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14685\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Melendez<\/a> has appeared in all three games for the Mavericks, posting a .357 batting average with five hits.&#13;<br \/>\n\tGraduate outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/preston-knott\/14707\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14707\" target=\"_blank\">Preston Knott<\/a> has provided solid production, batting .308 with a double and a triple while scoring two runs through the opening weekend.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA enters the matchup looking to turn early offensive flashes into consistent run production against a TCU club ranked No. 7 by D1Baseball.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>LIVE COVERAGE<br \/>\nUTA vs. TCU \u2013 7 p.m. CT<br \/>\nGlobe Life Field (Arlington, Texas)<br \/>\nWatch: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stats: Available via UTAMavs.com<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Mavericks return home this weekend to Clay Gould Ballpark as they open a three-game series against Lamar on Friday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>#BuckEm<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE MAVS<br \/>\nFor the latest news on UTA Baseball, log on to UTAMavs.com or stay connected on social media. Follow the Mavericks on X @UTAMavsBSB, on Instagram @UTAMavsBSB and on Facebook at Facebook.com\/UTAMavsBSB.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ARLINGTON, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington Mavericks will take on the No. 7 ranked TCU&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-167530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}